Troy Conference Miscellany: Containing a Historical Sketch of Methodism Within the Bounds of the Troy Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with Reminiscences of Its Deceased, and Contributions by Its Living Ministers. With an Appendix |
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Page 38
Soon Mr. Washburn was licensed to preach , and during the following winter his
labors were the means of the conversion of about thirty persons on the
Petersburgh mountain , who were formed into a class by Peter Vannest . “ About
this time ...
Soon Mr. Washburn was licensed to preach , and during the following winter his
labors were the means of the conversion of about thirty persons on the
Petersburgh mountain , who were formed into a class by Peter Vannest . “ About
this time ...
Page 44
... I baptized , by sprinkling , pouring , and immersion , about four hundred
persons . " With my reader's permission I will introduce him to one or two scenes
that occured in the winter of that year . “ My work required me to cross Missisque
river .
... I baptized , by sprinkling , pouring , and immersion , about four hundred
persons . " With my reader's permission I will introduce him to one or two scenes
that occured in the winter of that year . “ My work required me to cross Missisque
river .
Page 46
While the prayer - meeting on Saturday afternoon was progressing in a good
spirit , a wagon was driven up , in which was a number of young persons of both
sexes . They came in high glee , alighted from the wagon , and after standing
awhile ...
While the prayer - meeting on Saturday afternoon was progressing in a good
spirit , a wagon was driven up , in which was a number of young persons of both
sexes . They came in high glee , alighted from the wagon , and after standing
awhile ...
Page 53
He was licensed to preach in 1809 , and after faithfully serving the church for
twenty years in that relation , he entered into rest . He is honorably represented in
the person of his son , Rev. Seymour Landon , an influential member of the New
...
He was licensed to preach in 1809 , and after faithfully serving the church for
twenty years in that relation , he entered into rest . He is honorably represented in
the person of his son , Rev. Seymour Landon , an influential member of the New
...
Page 55
About two thousand persons crowded in and about the little church , and the
power of God attended the ministrations of that occasion . One of the first circuits
ever formed within our bounds bore the name of New City , the name by which ...
About two thousand persons crowded in and about the little church , and the
power of God attended the ministrations of that occasion . One of the first circuits
ever formed within our bounds bore the name of New City , the name by which ...
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Page 69 - The Father hears him pray, His dear anointed One : He cannot turn away The presence of his Son : His Spirit answers to the blood, And tells me I am born of God. 5 My God is reconciled ; His pardoning voice I hear : He owns me for his child ; I can no longer fear: With confidence I now draw nigh, And, "Father, Abba, Father,
Page 325 - Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared...
Page vii - And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
Page 374 - I Beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world; but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God.
Page 359 - So shall my walk be close with God, Calm and serene my frame; So purer light shall mark the road That leads me to the Lamb.
Page 77 - For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Page 348 - For the living know that they shall die : But the dead know not any thing, Neither have they any more a reward ; For the memory of them is forgotten. Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished ; Neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.
Page 326 - And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. 12 And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. 13 And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.
Page 90 - But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.
Page 324 - I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father, and I lay down my life for the sheep.
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| Title | Troy Conference Miscellany: Containing a Historical Sketch of Methodism Within the Bounds of the Troy Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with Reminiscences of Its Deceased, and Contributions by Its Living Ministers. With an Appendix |
| Author | Stephen Parks |
| Publisher | J. Lord, 1854 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 22 May 2006 |
| Length | 423 pages |
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